teicniúil
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From teicni- (“techno-”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
teicniúil (genitive singular masculine teicniúil, genitive singular feminine teicniúla, plural teicniúla, comparative teicniúla)
Declension edit
Declension of teicniúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | teicniúil | theicniúil | teicniúla; theicniúla² | |
| Vocative | theicniúil | teicniúla | ||
| Genitive | teicniúla | teicniúla | teicniúil | |
| Dative | teicniúil; theicniúil¹ |
theicniúil | teicniúla; theicniúla² | |
| Comparative | níos teicniúla | |||
| Superlative | is teicniúla | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
- ardteicniúil (“hi-tech”, adjective)
- neoiteicniúil (“neotechnic”, adjective)
- pailéiteicniúil (“palaeotechnic”, adjective)
- teicniúlacht f (“technicality”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| teicniúil | theicniúil | dteicniúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “teicniúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN